Word: corrigans
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...went out to California and we had 1,200 kids there. And they all sang the songs and it was our first time there,” Corrigan said. “What just happened? We talked to a bunch of kids and immediately our eyes were [opened...
...even begun to materialize. The name “Dispatch” hadn’t yet entered the American musical lexicon. But, tucked away at Middlebury College, “three hackers who used to play sports and had guitars in their hands,” according to Corrigan, had only begun to appreciate their combined talent, then performing under the name “One Fell Swoop...
...after ceding the rights to that name to a St. Louis band—“a little country act, punks,” according to Corrigan—the group adopted the name by which it is currently known after shuffling its instrumental organization, with Corrigan shifting from guitar to drums, thereby paving the road that finally winds to its cul-de-sac tomorrow...
...just gave us all the flexibility that we wanted,” Corrigan said. “We probably looked for guys to play with for maybe six months, a year, and just didn’t seem right to add players, and we were kind of getting burned out on guitars...It’s like going from black and white to color [and] we could do anything we wanted...
...boxing ring in the middle of the stage and put Bob Marley in there with a couple of the guys from Pearl Jam and Paul Simon,” Corrigan said of the band’s influences. “Even though he’s a little guy I think he’d had have to get in the ring, and I think you’d have to throw in some of the classics too—some of the guys from Zeppelin. It’d probably turn into a wrestling match, tag team, with...